TABLE 1 in Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment of Discosauriscus Kuhn, 1933 with exceptional preservation of skin and intestine molds from the early Permian of Franchesse (Allier, France)

TABLE 1. — Summary of the occurrences of epidermal scales recovered in the Carboniferous and Permian fossil record, in body fossils (BF) and ichnofossils (IF). TaxonsShapeArrangementOverlappingFossil typeAgeReferenceLepospondyli von Zittel, 1887 cf. Diplocaulidae Cope, 1881QuadrangularLongitudinal rowsYesIFAsselian – Oberhof Formation (Thurigian Forest Basin)Walter & Werneburg 1988Seymouriamorpha Watson, 1917 Discosauriscidae Romer, 1947Triangular-quadrangularLongitudinal-transversal rowsYesBFEarly Permian – Renière Formation (Bourbon-l’Archambault Basin)This paperDiadectomorpha Watson, 1917 cf. Diadectidae Cope, 1880QuadrangularLongitudinal-transversal rowsNoIFAsselian – Slupiec Formation (Intra-Sudetic Basin)Voigt et al. 2024Synapsida Osborn, 1903 cf. Sphenacodontidae Marsh, 1878Rhomboidal-rectangularLongitudinal-transversal rowsYesIFAsselian – Tambach Formation (Thuringian Forest Basin)Pabst 1908; Haubold 1972Varanopidae Romer & Price, 1940Rectangular elongatedApparent. transversal rowsYesBFSakmarian – Leukersdorf Formation (Chemnitz Basin)Spindler et al. 2018Parareptilia Lawrence, 1868 cf. Bolosauridae Cope, 1878Rhomboidal-rectangularLongitudinal-transversal rowsYesIFAsselian – Goldlauteur Formation (Thurigian Forest Basin)Haubold 1972; Martens 1991; Marchetti et al. 2025Captorhinomorpha Watson, 1917 Captorhinidae Case, 1911Ovoid elongatedNon-polarised tuberculate scales (pebbled structures)NoBFArtinskian – Richard Spurs Cave SystemMooney et al. 2024